#16 with Deborah Quazzo, GSV PartnersShow notes and further reading TX: July 2016

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WHAT’S IN THIS EPISODE?

Deborah’s journey from investment banker to angel Edtech investor to interviewing Bill Gates The link between investing in education innovation and giving people ‘access to the future’ Difference in EdTech uptake between K-12 and Higher Education in the UK & USAThe link between mindfulness and mental well-being in students, educators & investorsChallenging the factory model of education, with a modernised version of Montessori & personalised learning Shout-outs to some of Deborah Quazzo’s 47 angel investments from pre-K to GreyChallenges for start ups including procurement issues, difficult sales cycles, & dominant legacy providers What are former Angry Birds launching, in the form of Periodic-table storytelling, for the future of learning? Why Edtech which is positive and not punitive wins the day with educators Celebrating an increased representation of women in Edtech companies vs. the usual 6% in tech Why angel investment might be the dumbest thing in your life, unless …Did Google’s Montessori upbringing affect the nature of the company? The 4Ps entrepreneurs need to remember

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Background:

Michael Moe, Investor, Entrepreneur and Author of Finding the Next Starbucks: https://twitter.com/michaelmoe

Think Equity partners: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/thinkequity-llc#/entity

Show Notes & Shout Outs

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Dr. Condoleezza Rice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtG1FeuEFcE

Bill Gates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxSxq5TZhBE

Jim Collins: http://www.jimcollins.com/article_topics/articles.html

Carol Dweck: https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=en

Rapper Common on education: http://asugsvsummit.com/2016-speakers/

GSV ASU Speakers

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Calm: https://twitter.com/calm

Headspace: https://twitter.com/headspace

Kahoot: getkahoot.com

Classdojo: https://twitter.com/ClassDojo

Gojimo: http://www.gojimo.com

BridgeU: https://bridge-u.com/schools

Lightneer: http://www.lightneer.com

Startups & Scale-ups

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Chicago Public School board: http://cps.edu/Pages/AboutCPS.aspx

Harvard Business School: http://www.hbs.edu/Pages/default.aspx

Teach for America: https://www.teachforamerica.org

Summit Schools of California: http://www.summitps.org/schools

Education Institutions:

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Chicago Public School board: http://cps.edu/Pages/AboutCPS.aspx

Harvard Business School: http://www.hbs.edu/Pages/default.aspx

Teach for America: https://www.teachforamerica.org

Summit Schools of California: http://www.summitps.org/schools

President Michael Crow, Arizona State University: https://president.asu.edu/about/michaelcrow ; https://twitter.com/michaelcrow

Stanford: https://twitter.com/Stanford

MIT: https://twitter.com/MIT

Link to Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast with Tim Ferris on education inequality http://fourhourworkweek.com/2016/06/21/malcolm-gladwell/

Education Institutions:

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www.twitter.com/womened

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3043779/world-changing-ideas/is-education-technology-where-women-are-starting-to-buck-the-tech-world

Mitch and Freada Kapor Lifetime Achievement Award: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7u1XWwhJQo

Zuckerberg Investment: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zuckerberg-education-ventures-2

Diversity in Edtech

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